True that. In all fairness, there's a lot of bands posted that have no appeal to me at all, not just your list. Even 'real' metal like Arch Enemy or Amon Amarth which seems to crop up every other page.

True that. In all fairness, there's a lot of bands posted that have no appeal to me at all, not just your list. Even 'real' metal like Arch Enemy or Amon Amarth which seems to crop up every other page.

It's true. Even among metalheads there are wildly varying tastes and that's one of the best things things about the genre. I can't stand Behemoth or Cannibal Corpse but it's all metal and we're all metalheads. Live and let live, I say. We all know what we like and what we don't and for a lot of us it changes, often. It's all a part of the game.

Still in two minds about it. For some reason it just sounds like a black metal band discovered Sigur Ros or something.

I don't even consider it Black Metal. I think it's a little harder for fans to get into initially because it completely lacks the darkness that previous releases had, and they did dark atmosphere so well that it's almost expected of them to do it again.

Eluveitie is playing here Feb 28th... I really want to go see them (it's so ridiculously rare for the bands I like to come to Canada) but I don't know anyone else around here who likes them I just haven't decided yet if I want to go badly enough that I'd go alone...

Could someone explain to me why do people praise Opeth so much? I often see people on the Internet and sometimes even in real life claiming that Opeth's "Blackwater Park" album is the greatest thing in metal. Even people who don't like metal music say "I'm not into metal, but Opeth's Blackwater Park is a modern musical masterpiece, and I'm so smart and classy and open minded for listening to it".
So I finally gave up and Youtube'd some of their songs. It was... okay, I guess? It didn't sound bad but neither did it sound like something out of this world. I don't get it.

You get a similar sort of experience with other prog rock/ metal bands, you need to listen to it like 10 times before you realise "Hey, this is actually fucking awesome."

Yeah, I know. I didn't get DsO for the first twenty times. But then I liked it. Though, also nothing that special.
I did the same with Opeth, and I actually liked them for the first time I listened to a song. But I still don't get it why do people consider it the best band or whatever.

Could someone explain to me why do people praise Opeth so much? I often see people on the Internet and sometimes even in real life claiming that Opeth's "Blackwater Park" album is the greatest thing in metal. Even people who don't like metal music say "I'm not into metal, but Opeth's Blackwater Park is a modern musical masterpiece, and I'm so smart and classy and open minded for listening to it".
So I finally gave up and Youtube'd some of their songs. It was... okay, I guess? It didn't sound bad but neither did it sound like something out of this world. I don't get it.

It's fairly listenable as far as extreme metal goes, especially for someone who may not have that much exposure to metal. It's the same thing with prog and Pink Floyd. Many can listen to Floyd but are lost when it comes to King Crimson, Emerson Lake & Palmer, et cetera.

Eluveitie is playing here Feb 28th... I really want to go see them (it's so ridiculously rare for the bands I like to come to Canada) but I don't know anyone else around here who likes them I just haven't decided yet if I want to go badly enough that I'd go alone...

Just go fucking alone. I would. We've never had Eluveitie come to Portugal and they're one of the few bands I REALLY want to see and haven't yet - Give me a concert anywhere in Portugal or nearby countries and I'm there, alone or otherwise.

I don't even consider it Black Metal. I think it's a little harder for fans to get into initially because it completely lacks the darkness that previous releases had, and they did dark atmosphere so well that it's almost expected of them to do it again.

Well, it's what they started as and where they still have their roots. It shows a bit in their sound, even though they moved away from it quite dramatically.

Originally Posted by Drekmen

Could someone explain to me why do people praise Opeth so much? I often see people on the Internet and sometimes even in real life claiming that Opeth's "Blackwater Park" album is the greatest thing in metal. Even people who don't like metal music say "I'm not into metal, but Opeth's Blackwater Park is a modern musical masterpiece, and I'm so smart and classy and open minded for listening to it".
So I finally gave up and Youtube'd some of their songs. It was... okay, I guess? It didn't sound bad but neither did it sound like something out of this world. I don't get it.

It's basically where Opeth's claim to fame started. It was the turning point. Before that, they'd released three albums that basically had the reviewers raving on and the rest of the world ignoring it. Blackwater Park for some reason just was the right album at the right time for them to explode into the world. I still like that album, but in all honesty, pretty much everything else following it feels like a repeat of that album. Other than the last one anyway. It's just basically expanding on that album, the sound of it and the melodies as well as how the proggy and metal parts alternate. Even on the last album, it feels like they're still doing Blackwater Park, except now without the metal. It's basically the only reason I actually can stand the last album somewhat as it's not something of a direct clone of Blackwater Park.

In all honesty, it did set a standard and create a (fairly) unique new sound. It did allow people who did not dig death metal to enjoy those songs because of the melody lines, the proggy bits and the clean vocals. It made them learn there can be beauty in that racket called death metal. Just a shame that when they were touring Blackwater Park, Michael's vocals really weren't that good just yet live and they were static as hell to watch. Was one of the more boring shows I saw that year.